Let Her Finish: Voices from the Data Platform
This year I had the pleasure of contributing a chapter to a book along with some very special and talented...
2017-10-19
616 reads
Data Savvy
The Tabular Model Documenter is now a Power BI Template
A while back I created the Tabular Model Documenter Power BI model that can connect to your SSAS Tabular or...
2017-09-26 (first published: 2017-09-19)
2,383 reads
My Thoughts After Completing a Power BI Report Server POC
Last month I worked on a proof of concept testing Power BI Report Server for self-service BI. The client determined...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-18)
3,565 reads
You Can Now Put Values On Rows In Power BI
Back in January 2016, I wrote a blog post explaining a DAX workaround that allows you to put measures on...
2017-08-29 (first published: 2017-08-11)
1,865 reads
Installing the Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 Provider for Both 64-bit and 32-bit Processing
I recently got a new laptop and had to go through the ritual of reinstalling all my programs and drivers....
2017-07-20
8,963 reads
Updating a SharePoint List Item With Flow When You Don’t Have The ID
I recently worked on a project that used Flow to update a SharePoint list each time an item was updated...
2017-07-17
546 reads
Azure Data Factory and the Case of the Missing JRE That Wasn’t
On a recent project I used Azure Data Factory (ADF) to retrieve data from an on premises SQL Server 2014...
2017-05-11 (first published: 2017-05-01)
1,297 reads
I Like to Move It, Move It – But Azure Data Factory Doesn’t
I’ve spent the last couple of months working on a project that includes Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Warehouse. ADF...
2017-04-11
608 reads
Insufficient Disk Space (T-SQL Tuesday #88)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday – hosted by Kennie T Pontoppidan(@KennieNP) – is called “The daily (database-related) WTF“. He asked us to be...
2017-03-27 (first published: 2017-03-14)
2,781 reads
Copying data from On Prem SQL to ADLS with ADF and Biml – Part 2
I showed in my previous post how we generated the datasets for our Azure Data Factory pipelines. In this post, I’ll...
2017-03-21 (first published: 2017-03-10)
1,733 reads
Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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